Welcome to the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Welcome to the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

We work in the field

We work in the field

We work in the lab

We work in the lab

We work all over the world

We work all over the world

We work in teams

We work in teams

Updates

The changing role of millet in Late Bronze Age central Germany
New interdisciplinary research reveals a shift towards reliance on millet, a drought resistant crop, during the beginning of the Late Bronze Age
Mark Hudson elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Hudson is one of 43 Fellows elected to the Society at their recent meeting in February 2024
Book Review: The Einsteinian Revolution: The Historical Roots of His Breakthroughs
Review of the new book by Jürgen Renn and Hanoch Gutfreund in Nature
Klimabilanz für 2023: „Wir müssen den gesellschaftlichen Wandel beschleunigen“
Interview Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Interview in German, paywalled):
Assessment and classification of the special climate year 2023 with climate researcher Ricarda Winkelmann

Videos and Audios


Wissenschaftler befürchten politischen Rechtsruck

Wissenschaftler befürchten politischen Rechtsruck

Video
An open society and a strong democracy - that is what the leading science organizations are calling for. According to a statement, the challenges of our time require a diversity of talents. Video from MDR in German.
Podcast: „Networking with plants in the Anthropocene“

Podcast: „Networking with plants in the Anthropocene“

Podcast
Interview with Prof. Patrícia Vieira from the MPI-GEA project RESILIENT: Forest Cities - Utopia and Development in the Modern Amazon.
A Brief History of Bling

A Brief History of Bling

Podcast
From the Leakey Foundation’s “Origin Stories”  Podcast: Travel through 50,000 years of human history following clues hidden inside beads made from ostrich eggshells. In this episode, researchers Jennifer Miller and Yiming Wang share how these tiny artifacts reveal a sweeping story of ancient social networks, cultural connections, and human adaptability
Beginnt ein neues Erdzeitalter? Spurensuche an einem kanadischen See

Beginnt ein neues Erdzeitalter? Spurensuche an einem kanadischen See

Podcast
Podcast from Deutschlandfunk Kultur with Jürgen Renn. Audio in German.

Latest Publications

Timbrell, L.: Ecology and demography of early Homo sapiens: a synthesis of archaeological and climatic data from eastern Africa. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 59 (1), 2307790, pp. 76 - 110 (2024)
Antonosyan, M.; Roberts, P.; Aspaturyan, N.; Mkrtchyan, S.; Lucas, M.; Boxleitner, K.; Jabbour, F.; Hovhannisyan, A.; Cieślik, A.; Sahakyan, L. et al.; Avagyan, A.; Spengler, R.; Kandel, A. W.; Petraglia, M.; Boivin, N.; Yepiskoposyan, L.; Amano, N.: Multiproxy evidence for environmental stability in the lesser caucasus during the late pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 330, 108559 (2024)
Will, M.; Scerri, E. M. L.: The generic Middle Stone Age: fact or fiction? Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 59 (1), 2323374, pp. 4 - 21 (2024)
Kraan, C. T.; Kappers, M.; Lowe, K. M.; Maezumi, S. Y.; Giovas, C. M.: Radiocarbon dates from Curaçao’s oldest Archaic site extend earliest island settlement to ca. 5700 cal BP. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2321575 (2024)
Bräuer, J.: The legacy of two great Primatologists: goodbye to Frans de Waal and Christophe Boesch. (2024)
Bräuer, J.: Lemurs: the mysterious primates of Madagascar ; all about lemur cognition. (2024)
Boivin, N.; Braje, T.; Rick, T.: New opportunities emerge as the Anthropocene epoch vote falls short. Nature Ecology & Evolution, s41559-024-02392-x (2024)
Sanyal, P.; Adhya, S. P.; Mandal, R.; Roy, B.; Dasgupta, B.; Samantaray, S.; Sen, R.; Sarangi, V.; Kumar, A.; Jha, D. et al.; Ajay, A.: The geologic history of plants and climate in India. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 52, 040722-102442 (2024)
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